Table 2 Patient characteristics
Patients | N = 748 |
|---|---|
Age | |
 Mean (SD) | 63.7 (15.0) |
Sex | |
 Male | 413 (55.2) |
 Female | 335 (44.8) |
Race | |
 White | 598 (80.0) |
 Black | 98 (13.1) |
 Other | 52 (6.9) |
APACHE II score at enrollment | |
 Mean (SD) | 25.5 (7.4) |
 Full code at enrollment | 636 (85.0) |
Advanced directive | |
 Yes | 443 (59.2) |
 No | 298 (39.8) |
 No answer | 7 (0.9) |
 Received mechanical ventilation | 678 (90.6) |
 Underwent tracheotomy | 188 (25.1) |
 Underwent PEG tube placement | 110 (14.7) |
 Palliative care consultation | 269 (36.0) |
 Died in hospital | 267 (35.7) |
Limitation of LST1 before death | N = 267 |
 No | 21 (7.9) |
 Yes | 246 (92.1) |
6-month mortality | |
 Alive | 328 (43.9) |
 Dead | 419 (56.1) |
 6-month location | N = 308 |
 Home | 236 (76.6) |
 Hospital | 6 (2.0) |
 Skilled nursing facility | 45 (14.6) |
 LTACH2 | 12 (3.9) |
 Inpatient rehabilitation facility | 9 (2.9) |
Katz Independence in ADLs3 | N = 315 |
 0 | 40 (12.7) |
 1 | 29 (9.2) |
 2 | 15 (4.8) |
 3 | 10 (3.2) |
 4 | 11 (3.5) |
 5 | 23 (7.3) |
 6 | 187 (59.4) |